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enFri, 03 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0600Sat, 04 Nov 2017 15:21:06 +0600A naturalist's letter to Dhaka parentshttp://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/bangladesh/naturalists-letter-dhaka-parents-1485436
A narrow 50-meter creek running along a muddy road next to our house was a passage for fish and other aquatic animals. http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/bangladesh/naturalists-letter-dhaka-parents-1485436Fri, 03 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0600The Daily StarVillage schools girlSUBODH'S sorrow and our tomorrowhttp://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/subodhs-sorrow-and-our-tomorrow-1478971
If you find a group of pedestrians staring, transfixed by a subtle yet imposing graffiti on a wall, don't be surprised. In parts of Dhaka, http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/subodhs-sorrow-and-our-tomorrow-1478971Fri, 20 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0600The Daily StarAmidst a delicious chaoshttp://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/amidst-delicious-chaos-1417687
As soon as the clock strikes 12:00pm, an army of workers descend upon the footpaths and roads in front of Chawkbazar Shahi http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/amidst-delicious-chaos-1417687Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0600The Daily StarAn unseen world worth preservinghttp://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/unseen-world-worth-preserving-1391254
I remember my failed attempts to draw the convoluted coast of Bangladesh during art classes possibly 25 years ago. http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/unseen-world-worth-preserving-1391254Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0600The Daily StarBangla College: A Witness to the 1971 Genocide http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/bangla-college-witness-the-1971-genocide-1380715
Though the country was liberated on December 16, 1971, Mirpur was freed much later -- on January 31, 1972. As the area was pre-dominantly inhabited by Biharis, the intensity of killing of Bangalees here was grave. Mirpur was also the last battlefield of the Liberation War.http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/bangla-college-witness-the-1971-genocide-1380715Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0600The Daily StarThe Circus Storyhttp://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/the-circus-story-1377100
Shahin is no Priyanath Bose. Nor does his outfit come anywhere near the Great Bengal Circus. Yet he is carrying forward the legacy of circus in Bengal through thick and thin.
http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/the-circus-story-1377100Fri, 17 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0600The Daily StarBHARAT BHAYNA http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/bharat-bhayna-1366393
It was an evening of winter in December. The sun was hanging on top of the mound on its course to say goodbye for the day. The http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/bharat-bhayna-1366393Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:47:27 +0600The Daily StarA Lighthouse of Undivided Indiahttp://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/lighthouse-undivided-india-1344763
After its founding, Dr Rashmohan Chakravarty and Mahesh Chandra Bhattacharya himself worked to expand it http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/lighthouse-undivided-india-1344763Fri, 13 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0600The Daily StarAlamdanga killing field could have more to say http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/bangladesh/alamdanga-killing-field-could-have-more-say-1330783
The Pakistan army's killing field in Alamdanga of Chuadanga could be holding further proof of the brutality of the anti-liberation forces.
http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/bangladesh/alamdanga-killing-field-could-have-more-say-1330783Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0600The Daily StarThe vanishing acthttp://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/bangladesh/the-vanishing-act-1323961
It was not too long ago when aeroplane enthusiasts of the world, those who were old enough, were saddened by the demise of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. People from across the world queued up at an airport in the UK to be in the last ever passenger flight of the airliner which was then operated by only Biman Bangladesh Airlines.http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/bangladesh/the-vanishing-act-1323961Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0600The Daily StarSpotlight for victimshttp://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/spotlight-victims-1305664
This is the beginning of the Hollywood film – Spotlight -- that won the Oscar as the best picture of 2015. To win the http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/spotlight-victims-1305664Fri, 28 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0600The Daily StarKING BHUMIBOL http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/king-bhumibol-1302001
No one in the history of the Kingdom of Thailand has done so much to improve the well-being of its people as His Majesty http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/king-bhumibol-1302001Fri, 21 Oct 2016 00:10:10 +0600The Daily StarHow King Bhumibol shaped modern Thailandhttp://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/how-king-bhumibol-shaped-modern-thailand-1301977
King Bhumibol Adulyadej's pivotal role in modern Thailand's development tends to obscure the fact that when he acceded to http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/how-king-bhumibol-shaped-modern-thailand-1301977Fri, 21 Oct 2016 00:10:13 +0600The Daily StarUnrelenting Passionhttp://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/bangladesh/realising-young-dreams-1295527
While we celebrated the under-16 women's football team's success over the last two months, here is a look into the background of these girls who took up the beautiful game and came so far in just three to four years.http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/bangladesh/realising-young-dreams-1295527Fri, 07 Oct 2016 00:25:15 +0600The Daily StarWhere Fish Lovers Gather http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/where-fish-lovers-gather-1275799
If you are an early riser and want to take a stroll around the port city before it gets busy, you can consider the http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/where-fish-lovers-gather-1275799Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0600The Daily StarJim Corbett's leopard trailhttp://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/jim-corbetts-leopard-trail-1261234
I could swear it was the same market and the same bridge where the man-eating leopard used to stroll 90 years http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/jim-corbetts-leopard-trail-1261234Fri, 29 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0600The Daily StarMarina Tabassum: An architect in search of rootshttp://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/marina-tabassum-architect-search-roots-1240831
The narrow “main” roads filled with potholes and iron rods plunging out, the scorching afternoon heat and a destination unknown to http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/marina-tabassum-architect-search-roots-1240831Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0600The Daily Star'Architecture is no commodity'http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/architecture-no-commodity-1240780
From designing the Swadhinata Sthamba to working on a number of award-winning projects, Marina Tabassum has come a long way. It http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/architecture-no-commodity-1240780Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0600The Daily StarThe becoming of Nurjahan Begum http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/bangladesh/the-becoming-nurjahan-begum-1226908
The colourful and picturesque pages of the National Geographic magazines were what enchanted little “Nuri” and http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/bangladesh/the-becoming-nurjahan-begum-1226908Fri, 20 May 2016 00:00:00 +0600The Daily StarLiving with a hostile brother http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/europe/living-hostile-brother-1223155
South Korean soldiers still regularly drill in the Korean Demilitarised Zone in the hope of finding no mineral http://dev.thedailystar.net/wide-angle/europe/living-hostile-brother-1223155Fri, 13 May 2016 00:00:00 +0600The Daily Star